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Recipe for a 15-minute poem [by Janice Erlbaum]
I wanted to share a poetry exercise I like to do with students who are intimidated by the idea of writing poetry, in case it might be useful to you, reader dear. Because it…
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NAACPoets [by Janice Erlbaum]
I judged a poetry slam on Friday night. It's been about eighteen years since I was a little baby slammer, all of 23 years old, waving my righteous little fist around on the stage…
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The Saturday Post – A Celan Poem In Remembrance of Kristalnacht [by Dean Rader]
Earlier this week, I was invited to participate in a reading with Anne Barrows and Chana Bloch that acknowledged Kristalnacht. So, I dug out some translations I did back in the early 1990s of…
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Janice Erlbaum, Guest Blogger November 14-20
This week we welcome back Janice Erlbaum as our guest blogger. Janice is the author of GIRLBOMB: A Halfway Homeless Memoir (Villard, March '06), and HAVE YOU FOUND HER: A Memoir (Villard, Feb. '08). Her poetry and prose…
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Monday @ KGB:Rae Armantrout, Cornelius Eady & Linda Gregerson
November 15 Hosted by Laura Cronk, Megin Jimenez and Michael Quattrone Reading starts at 7:30pm Admission is FREE KGB Bar * 85 East 4th Street * New York, NY 10003 * Phone: 212-505-3360 *…
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Brian Clements Presents a Poem by Peter Johnson
Hawk Sometimes I awake with a headline stuck in my head: Doctor in Bangor Treating Elvis for Migraines; Pharmacist Completes History of Drive-InMovie Theater—and I write it all down in my little red…
